03 September 2007

Jamie Oliver And Airlines

For four years, Jamie Oliver has very vocally opposed the planned extra runway at Stansted airport, close to his Essex home. "I object to the destruction of vast swathes of countryside and the huge increase in noise and pollution to be suffered if the expansion goes ahead," he said.

When the chef travels to the US, he uses Eos – a "premium business class airline" – which strips all 220 seats out of its Boeing 757s and replaces them with just 48 cabins (reclining chair bed, desk, guest seat, etc).

Each Eos passenger [emits] 4.5 times more carbon per journey than a regular 757 passenger. And from which British airport does Eos take off? None other than Oliver's very own Stansted.